Daiwa Seven Half offers 4-pc both in 76L/S and 76UL/S - 1/4 oz is the mid range on the LS, and top weight end on the ULS.
What's your price range?

Might want to look at ML salmon and steelhead rods - they're out to 9'
here are all the 4-pc travel spinning rods listed on Tackle Direct
https://www.tackledirect.com/freshwater ... ces:4$252B

You'd expect 1/4 oz, e.g. spinner or spoon, to boom a long way with any rod 7' and over.
What would get my attention is the ability to throw 1/16 oz, e.g. jig, to comparable distances, and I find myself fishing 1/8 oz most of the time, targeting larger inshore fish.

the eagle claw pack it series rod does the job. 4 piece
glass- medium action.
handles almost every lure you can cast and
it does the job as a 7 weight fly rod.
best part- the rod is very inexpensive.
i suggest that if you buy this rod, that you make your own case. the case they sell with the rod is
poor at best.

Sheepishly I will report that I settled on the Fenwick Eagle medium light 4 piece travel spin rod. It checked a bunch of my boxes, which included length, packability, cost, and I am a Fenwick fan.
Thanks for everyone's support!!

Last winter, Lou asked me whatever happened to telescoping rods, because he was thinking about keeping one in the car to fish with the grandkids.
Both multipiece and telescoping rods are alive and well in Japan. I helped him find a 6' Daiwa BBB in Japan, which is a very nice mid-grade rod.

there's a little bluegill on the end of that


We talked further about bike-fish to middle Guadalupe and upper Pedernales, where you're not allowed to park at county road crossings, but you can take your bike up the 1st flood-plain gravel sendero and cable-lock it to a tree.
I followed with the Smith telescoping stream baitcaster - easily fits in a bike bag, and the rod outperforms your expectations.
Also nice about telescoping rods, you can travel with them rigged, which simplifies setting up for fishing multiple crossings.